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Marat Safin #4 def. Dominik Hrbaty #27

6-2 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-2 6-4 6-2
Loser	Dominik Hrbaty
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Marat Safin	Dominik Hrbaty
Aces	14	2
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	49	44
First serve points won %	88	62
Second serve points won %	57	42
Break points saved %	75	25
Break points converted %	75	25
Service points won %	72	51
Return points won %	49	28
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Dominik Hrbaty
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Jan 4, 1978
Age	25	27
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	27
Ranking points (entering)	3,060	1,136
Elo (entering)	2,018	1,836
Career W-L	395–247	326–296
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$7,070,095

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 4 – 5 Dominik Hrbaty

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Olivier Rochus	4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Mario Ancic	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Novak Djokovic	6-0 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2005	SF	Roger Federer	5-7 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

Dominik Hrbaty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Thomas Johansson	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Gaston Gaudio	7-6(5) 6-7(8) 6-7(3) 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Janko Tipsarevic	6-2 7-6(1) 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Robin Soderling	6-4 6-2 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data